Final Exam Review FIRST POWER POINT • Greek art • Tyrants are usually the ones that commissioned art. • Greek Drama • Battle of Salamis - major battle when the tide turns and is a major blow to the Persian army. Miltiades the father of Kimon won the battle‚ they were from the island of Ajax‚ • Rebuilding Athens • both Miltiades and Kimon were ostracized • Kimon died at Cyrpress Egyptian campaign • • Kimon campaign preceded Alexander’s campaign by over a century • Battle of the Eurmedon
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Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower [15]Edward Snowden is the person who leaked the information about large amount of data collected by the National Security Agency and many other intelligence groups in United States over phone and internet. His revelations were made to The Guardian and The Washington Post. [16] This created strong debates in US regarding information privacy and national security. [17][18][19]Edward Snowden was born on June 21‚ 1983 in the Elisabeth city in North Carolina. He lived
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"She enhanced the grandeur of her birth by the honesty of her life‚ the purity of her morals‚ the flower of her virtues; and in the conduct of her blameless life‚ she surpassed almost all the queens of the world (Kelly 387)." This is a description of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine is a captivating woman who defied her time; she is more successful than any ruler of her time. Her influence is significant in both her own era and today. Eleanor of Aquitaine had a long life until the age of
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Philip Larkin is one link of the long chain of English poets and novelists of the twentieth century. His first mature collection of poetry which was privately printed was “The Less Deceived” that first appeared in 1955 and was recognized as one of the outstanding collections of the year. Throughout the whole collection the theme of loss and diminishment is pervasive. And the poem “No Road” is not an exception either. In his poems of this series Larkin invents stanza forms of intricate patterns
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having the best things that life can offer. This sarcasm or mocking appears to be shown in the line “running off a spring of innocence and love”. In the fourth line he uses the term “usual stuff ‚ which further highlights this negative opinion as Larkin seems to think they are boring and non-realistic. His love for this baby is comes across in a specific way and is fairly unusual almost as if he is just writing it in hope‚ for example in the last line of the first stanza “well‚ you ’re a lucky girl”
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works were the Larkin Building in New York and Unity Temple in Oak Park. The Larkin Building was a vertical six-story building with a full-height sky lit atrium in the center‚ which introduced the natural environment into the workplace. This became one Wright’s most widely published designs‚ especially in Europe‚ where it “was emulated by various designers” (Fazio‚ Moffett and Wodenhouse). Sadly the Larkin Building was demolished in 1949 and turned into a parking lot. Unlike the Larkin Building‚ Unity
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The ancient Inca government and the government of the United States of America have some things in common; while at the same time both very different. The powers possessed by the Inca monarch are similar to those of the U.S. government. However‚ Inca punishments for criminals are very different from American punishments for criminals. The Inca government had a very strong structure‚ which enabled it to last for hundreds of years. One major distinction between the two governments though‚ is that the
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Since almost the invention of films‚ dance has been recorded as a documentation for future repertoire and providing a historical background of the industry. But it has since had the capability of creating a completely new art form in itself. Recent years have bought out the introduction of 3D for dance films‚ adding that extra dimension to provide a more realistic experience. Utilising a video camera to capture moments of dance can provide it with a number of new possibilities. With the electronic
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Jane Larkin Larkin 1 English 10 A Tragic Hero A tragic hero can best be defined as a person of significance‚ who has a tragic flaw and who meets his or her fate with courage and nobility of spirit. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero. Jay Gatsby is an enormously rich man‚ and in the flashy years of the jazz age‚ wealth defined importance. Gatsby has endless wealth‚ power and influence but never uses material objects selfishly. Gatsby’s wealth is gained through bootlegging
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Exam 1 review sheet History 1100 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa‚ into the Near East‚ Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone‚ agriculture and domesticated animals. Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200‚000 b.c.-10‚000 b.c. Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10‚000 b.c.-4‚000 b.c. PALEOLITHIC AGE: Hunter-gatherers-
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